State Ex Rel. Dorst v. Sommers

In determining the effect of an amendment upon a statute in existence for many years, the history of the law is important, and consideration must be given to the practice that grew up under the statute while in its original form.

The amendment to sec. 75.01 (1), Stats., reads: “provided, that when an application is made ... to redeem from any tax sale, any part or portion of any lot or parcel of land . . . the county clerk [now county treasurer] . . . is authorised to ascertain, by affidavits or by actual view, the true proportion of taxes chargeable to the part or portion sought to be…